Samsung 990 2TB vs Kingston KC3000 2TB SSD Comparison

Samsung 990 2TB and Kingston KC3000 2TB are both solid state drives with the same Interface (PCIe Gen4 x4) and Form Factor (M.2-2280). The main differences are in Capacity, SSD Controller, NAND Flash Type and Max Sequential Read.

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Samsung 990 2TB	Kingston KC3000 2TB
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Brand Samsung	Brand Kingston
Model MZ-V9V2T0B/AM MZ-V9V2T0BW	Model SKC3000D/2048G
Release Date 📅 July 2026	Release Date 📅 January 2022
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Price/GB $0.17	Price/GB $0.17
GB/$1 5.88	GB/$1 5.85
Series 990	Series KC3000
Capacity 2000 GB	Capacity 2048 GB
Interface PCIe Gen4 x4	Interface PCIe Gen4 x4
NVME Yes	NVME Yes
Form Factor M.2-2280	Form Factor M.2-2280
SSD Controller In-House	SSD Controller Phison E18
NAND Flash Type Samsung V NAND	NAND Flash Type 3D TLC
Cache HMB (Host Memory Buffer)	Cache -
Max Sequential Read Up to 7250 MB/s	Max Sequential Read Up to 7000 MB/s
Max Sequential Write Up to 6450 MB/s	Max Sequential Write Up to 7000 MB/s
MTBF -	MTBF 1,800,000 hours